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Orban Admits Hungary Wartime ‘Crimes’ Against Jews In Meeting With Netanyahu
Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban told Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday that his country stood firmly against anti-Semitism today after the “crime” of failing to protect its Jewish citizens during World War Two. Netanyahu, whose visit to Budapest has been overshadowed by Orban’s flirtation with the radical right that has unnerved Hungarian Jews, responded…
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The First Medic To Respond To Temple Mount Attack Was Muslim
JERUSALEM (JTA) – When Nedal Sader first heard the crackle of automatic weapon fire Friday morning, he couldn’t believe it was coming from the Temple Mount. As a Muslim, he regarded the complex just outside his apartment as a sacred and peaceful place. He prayed there nearly every week. But as a seasoned first responder,…
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Chicago Dyke March Article Cost Me My Job, Reporter Says
NEW YORK (JTA) — The journalist who first reported the ejection of three Jewish women from Chicago’s Dyke March tweeted that she was removed from her reporting job because of that article. In a tweet Monday, Gretchen Rachel Hammond wrote to Dyke March’s Twitter account that “You attacked, humiliated and robbed me of a job.” Hammond…
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Hungary Jews Urge Netanyahu To Condemn Anti-Semitism During Visit
BUDAPEST (JTA) — A top Jewish official in Hungary is seeking a strong condemnation of anti-Semitism in the country from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the Israeli leader arrived Monday for a four-day visit there. “It is the most important for the Hungarian Jewish community that the Israeli prime minister condemns strongly any kind of…
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Trump Admin Condemns Temple Mount Attack, Backs Site’s Temporary Closure
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Trump Administration condemned the terror attack on the Temple Mount and backed Israel’s decision to temporarily close the holy site to Muslim worshippers. “The people of the United States strongly condemn the terror attack,” the White House said in a statement issued on Saturday. “There must be zero tolerance for terrorism….
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Why Were There No Women On The Chief Rabbinate’s ‘Blacklist’?
NEW YORK (JTA) – The Israeli Chief Rabbinate’s so-called “blacklist” of Diaspora rabbis runs the denominational gamut. The rabbis on the list, who got there by writing letters confirming the Jewish identities of immigrants that were rejected by the Chief Rabbinate in 2016, are Orthodox, Conservative, Reform — and even from the smaller Reconstructionist and…
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2 Israeli Police Officers Killed In Jerusalem Terror Ambush
(JTA) — Two police officers were killed an another one was injured by Arab gunmen who opened fire on security forces in Jerusalem’s Old City. At least three armed terrorists were killed in a gunfight with security forces during the incident Friday at the Lions’ Gate, which is situated directly northeast of the Temple Mount…
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These Rabbis Have No Idea Why They’re On Rabbinate’s ‘Blackllist’
NEW YORK (JTA) — In 2012, Rabbi Jason Herman wrote a letter to Israel’s Chief Rabbinate certifying that a friend of his who wished to get married was Jewish and single. The letter was declared invalid. But several months later Herman, spiritual leader of the Orthodox West Side Jewish Center in Manhattan, obtained a license…
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Alan Gross Is Starting Over In Israel — After 5 Years In Cuban Prison
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Alan Gross contacted me a couple of months ago over Facebook Messenger. There was something he thought I should know. I was pleasantly surprised. I’d only exchanged pleasantries with Gross in the several times I’d seen him since his release from a Cuban prison in December 2014, ending five years of imprisonment…
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Israel’s Opposition Gets A Boost In Polls From New Leader Avi Gabbay
JERUSALEM (JTA) — After political newcomer Avi Gabbay’s surprise election to head the Labor Party, his center-left political coalition has surged back to life in public opinion polls. Two surveys conducted on behalf of Israel’s main news channels Tuesday showed the Zionist Union winning 20 to 24 Knesset seats if elections were held today, compared…
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U.S. Ambassador To Israel Meets With Palestinians In Shift
(JTA) — The State Department characterized the inclusion of the U.S. ambassador to Israel in meetings with Palestinian officials as an “upgrading” in relations. David Friedman joined Jason Greenblatt, President Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, at a meeting Tuesday with Palestinian officials in Jerusalem. The Palestinian peace negotiators reportedly requested that the…
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